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Katten UK Produces Guide to Help Futures Industry Leaders Gear Up for MiFID II and MiFIR

Firm News | July 12, 2017

(LONDON) Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP announced today that, in coordination with the Futures Industry Association (FIA), it has prepared a special compliance report designed to help FIA members and their clients better prepare for the impact that the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the associated Markets in Financial Instruments Regulations (MiFIR) will have on the industry when they take effect on January 3, 2018.

The new report focuses on compliance obligations for U.S. futures commission merchants (FCMs) and their non-EU clients, but may also be instructive for other "third-country" market participants, including principal trading firms and market participants in the Asia-Pacific region.

"The new legislation is wide-ranging and significant, affecting (nearly) every aspect of the EU financial services industry. It would be ill-advised for anyone advising financial service industry participants to take a wait-and-see approach," said Katten UK partner Nathaniel Lalone, the principal author of the document. "Our report is a convenient resource that streamlines and explains information from various sources that will be vital to informed decision-making in the coming months."

Lalone, who advises clients on the implementation of MiFID II and MiFIR in the European Union as well as the international reach of U.S. financial services regulation, noted that the report is not meant to be determinative. "Industry participants and their clients will need to make their own assessments about the level of impact a particular compliance requirement may have on their business," he said.

The report addresses the direct and indirect impact of MiFID II and MiFIR on several investment strategies and other related issues, including direct electric access, general clearing member obligations, high-frequency algorithmic trading, mandatory trade execution, market making, position limits for commodity derivatives, straight-through processing, and transaction reporting.

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